About ARK

ARK believes innovation is key to growth. We seek to capture long-term growth and capital appreciation created by disruptive innovation.
Investing in the future, today. ARK defines disruptive innovation as the introduction of a technologically enabled new product or service that has the potential to change an industry landscape by creating simplicity and accessibility while driving down costs. ARK ETFs aim to provide access to companies benefiting from disruptive innovation.

What makes ARK different?

  • Focuses solely on disruptive innovation
  • Seeks to capture leaders, enablers, and beneficiaries of disruptive technologies
  • Utilizes an Open Research Ecosystem that combines top-down and bottom-up research, designed to identify innovation early and convergence across markets
  • Offers innovation ETFs that span market capitalizations and sectors, aiming for low overlap to broad-market indices

ARK ETF Officers

Catherine Wood | CEO and Chief Investment Officer

Cathie registered ARK Investment Management LLC (“ARK”) as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in January 2014. Prior to ARK, Cathie spent twelve years at AllianceBernstein as Chief Investment Officer of Global Thematic Strategies where she managed $5 billion. Cathie joined Alliance Capital from Tupelo Capital Management, a hedge fund she co-founded which, in 2000, managed $800 million in global thematic strategies. Prior to her tenure at Tupelo Capital, she worked for 18 years with Jennison Associates as Chief Economist, Equity Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Director. She started her career in Los Angeles, California at The Capital Group as an Assistant Economist. Cathie received her Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Finance and Economics from the University of Southern California in 1981. In 2016, Cathie received the “Women in Finance – Outstanding Contribution Award” from Market Media.

Kellen Carter

Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary

William “Bill” Cox

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Tom Staudt

President

ARK ETF Trust Board of Trustees

The ARK ETF Trust Board of Trustees is composed of individuals who oversee the ARK ETFs with a wealth of knowledge, insights, and expertise.
Managing Partner, Grail Partners LLC, 2005 to present. Darlene also serves on the Board of Trustees for Syracuse University and the Board of Directors for United Capital Wealth Advisors and Hillcrest Asset Management. Vice President and Director in the Asset Management Division of State Street Bank & Trust Company (now State Street Global Advisors), 1985 to 1987 and Vice President at T. Rowe Price & Associates, 1982 to 1985.
Chief Financial Officer, Sterling Seal & Supply Inc. since 2012; Director, President and Treasurer, Bayview Acquisition Corp since 2010.
Counsel, Dechert LLP (2012 – 2014); Executive Vice President, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., 2004 to 2011.

Managing Member, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ARK Investment Management LLC since 2013; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Thematic Portfolios, AllianceBernstein L.P., 2009 to 2013.

DISCLOSURE

Disruptive Innovation Risk. Companies that ARK believes are capitalizing on disruptive innovation and developing technologies to displace older technologies or create new markets may not in fact do so. Companies that initially develop a novel technology may not be able to capitalize on the technology. Companies that develop disruptive technologies may face political or legal attacks from competitors, industry groups or local and national governments. These companies may also be exposed to risks applicable to sectors other than the disruptive innovation theme for which they are chosen, and the securities issued by these companies may underperform the securities of other companies that are primarily focused on a particular theme.